So after the adventures of Chris' birthday we left Christcurch in our hire car, the trusty Nissan Bluebird, in search of whales and dolphins! About 2 hours north of Christchurch is a peninsula called Kaikoura where they have an adundance of sea life not far from the coast. This is due to there being massive canyons under the sea which reach a depth of 1600 metres at the deepest point, which is full of nutrients and grub! Even the elusive g...

Hello there...So after a bit of a performance getting through customs and passport control at Christchurch, and after a 2 hour wait they let us in the country and out of the terminal! Hooray!! We spent our first 2 nights at Base Backpackers in a 6 bed dorm whilst seeing some sights, and getting used to the colder New Zealand weather, god it's like being back home!! There wasn't a great deal to do in Christchurch itself so we spent a few days doing tourist...

So, our last destination in Australia... Sydney. Unfortunately we can't upload the photo's just yet, so I'm afraid the journal will have to do until we can!!We spent 4 nights there before we flew out to New Zealand on the 7th, 2 nights in the seedy area of Kings Cross and 2 in Central Sydney, we had a great time. We flew in from Melbourne on the 3rd, and as soon as we had checked into The Pink House Hostel we were off sightseeing. We headed straight f...

So yet another city, but this has to be one of the best yet...home to Ramsay Street!! (Bet you can't tell who's writing this journal can ya!!) Or if you like...home to one of the biggest sports grounds we have ever seen! Melbourne is quite a big place, with loads of really big historical buildings, and like most other cities a river running through it - although not quite as big as the inlet that runs through Sydney!We spent 5 nights here in total, stayin...

On our last weekend at Michelle's before picking up our camper and driving to Sydney, we visited the wreck site of a Liberator Bomber Beautiful Betsy. Basically just to sum up, an ex forces plane carrying 6 RAF officers went missing in 1945; they were flying from Darwin to Brisbane on-route to one of the officers' wedding. 49 years later the wreckage of this plane was found by a park ranger, before this, despite several searches the plane and crew were ne...